The Importance of Urban Planning and the Impact it has on Communities

Today's podcast is includes an informative introduction to the Urban Planning specialization at NYU, with our special guest Jacquelyn Spade a MUP candidate. She will share her insights on the urban planning specialization at NYU, how it impacts communities, and how urban design perpetuates racial inequality.

She also examines the top down vs. bottom up planning, disciplines within the fundamental ideologies of planning, the importance of green space, and the importance of our live environment in positive habit formation.

Guest Speaker

Jacquelyn Spade is a second-year MUP Candidate at NYU Wagner specializing in International Development Planning. She currently interns for Komera doing data analysis. She has an academic background in Sustainable Community Development with a specialization in Climate Change and Green Infrastructure from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. Her professional background in management and renewable energy having spent time as a Fellow at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center working on their SolarizeMass program.